C A R A B U S 6-M A C U L A T U S.
G EN E R IC CHARACTER.
Antennae filiform. Palpi fix, exterior jo in t obtufe, and truncated. Thorax heart-ihaped, truncated
at the tip behind, and margined. Wing-cafes margined.
S P E C IF IC CHARACTER.
Apterous, black : on the thorax two white downy fpots j Ihells with four.
C a r a b u s 6 - M a c u l a t u s : apterus ater, thorace maculis duabus, elytris quatuor tomentofo albis.
C a ra b u s S e x - g u t t a tu s . Gmel. Syst. N a t. ig&5. Q'i. — Thunh. nov. Ins. Sp. 4. p. 70. / . 84.—
UNFIGURED.
One of the largeil fpecies of the Carabus genus known. Our fpecimen is from the cabinet of
the late Duchefs o f Portland.
